The Sun. — London, England, 1838-12-19 00:00:00

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We cannot find room to-day for Dr. WAoE's Letter to Mr. PROTTT, . . but it shall appear To-morrow The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 40 minutes past Three o' Clock. • Zhe ‘_-ItAX+ WITH WHICH THE " TRUE SUN " IS NOW INCORPORATED. LONDON : WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, IS3B The Speed , of the King of the FRENCH at the open ing of the Chambers on Monday, which will be found in another part of The Sun, will not satisfy the cu riosity of such as expected to find in it an announce ment of the adoption of some definite measure for the pacification of the Peninsula. In a speech ad dressed to an assembly of French legislators, by a French Constitutional Sovereign, the birth of a babe is dwelt upon at greater length than the miseries of a nation on the confines, and in strict alliance with France, worn out with a civil war, for the effectual suppression ofwhich—in co-operation with England and Portugal —France stands solemnly pledged in the face of all Europe. But what is peculiarly barefaced in the brief paragraph in which the condition of Spain is noticed, is the impudent pretension of France to the merit of having conferred gratuitous favours upon the Spanish Government I The success of former preten sions to the credit of having fulfilled the stipulations of the Quadruple Treaty, has emboldened the KING to claim for himself the honour of having generously exceeded them. At the opening of the Chambers, on the 28th of December, 1835, his MAJESTY thus alluded to the then state of Spain, and the extent of his efforts to tranquilize it :—" My Government has continued to take, upon our frontier next Spain, the measures best calculated to fulfil faithfully the clauses of the treaty of the 28th of April, 1834. / ojer up ardent prayers for the internal pacification of the Peninsula, and for the consolidation of the throne of Queen ISABELLA II." In commenting upon this paragraph a few days subse quent to its delivery, we ventured to doubt the efficacy of prayer only on the part of King Lours PHILIPPE to drive Don CARLOS out of the Basques. Neverthe less, as there was no article in the Quadruple Treaty which exacted prayer, we were led to regard the gratuitous piety of the King of the FRENCH, as an earnest of his more than friendly solicitude for the pacification of the Peninsula. This was rather con firmed by the vagueness of the allusion to the measures taken on the Spanish frontier, and which after all were only assumed to be " best calculated" to fulfil the stipulations of the treaty. The success which shortly after attended the arms of France in Africa, encouraged the KING to favour the Chambers with his Royal interpretation of the Treaty, although then aware that it was directly at variance with that of three of the four Plenipotentiaries by whom it was signed. Accordingly, on the 27th of December, 1836, in his Speech from the Throne, he thus addressed the Chambers :—" The Peninsula is still disturbed by fatal dissensions. Serious events have shaken the institutions of Madrid, and Spain has been incessantly desolated by civil war. Still, closely united with the King of GREAT BRI TAIN, I continue to cause the Treaty of the Quadru ple Alliance, to be executed with religious fidelity, and in conformity to the spirit in which it has been dictated. I entertain the most sincere desire for the consolidation of the Throne of ISABELLA 11., and I trust that the Constitutional Monarchy will triumph over the perils with which it is threatened. But I ap plaud myself for having preserved France from sacri fices, the extent of which cannot be appreciated, and from the incalculable consequences of any armed inter vention in the internal affairs of the Peninsula. France reserves the blood of her children for her own cause, and when she is reduced to the painful necessity of sum moning them to shed that blood in her defence, it is only under our own glorious colours that the soldiers of France march to battle." The disbanding of the French Auxiliary Legion followed; and thus not only was intervention refused, but the hopes of the Spa nish patriots from the military prowess of a force then fully organized, were doomed to the bitterest disap pointment. "Worse still—the Carlists were distinctly told that the Quadruple Treaty, as the King of the FRENCH understood, and was resolved to execute it, no more concerned them than it did the man in the moon. This gave a blow to the QUEEN'S cause in Spain, from the effects of which it has not yet re covered. On the 18th Dec. 1837, the King opened the last Session of the Chambers. His Speech was more moderate, but not A jot more sincere in the ex pression of sympathy for the sufferings of unhappy Spain than the one which preceded it. " Civil war," said he, "is still desolating the Peninsula. The Queen Regent supports with courage and perse verance the rights of her august daughter Queen ISABELLA 11. I continue to execute faithfully the sti pulations of the treaty of the Quadruple Alliance, and I hope that a cause which has all our sympathies will ultimately succeed." In the cold expression of hope for the success of the constitutional cause in Spain, we read the fatal effects of the French abandonment of the Quadruple Treaty upon that very cause. In fact the paragraph might be understood as a Royal preparation of the Chambers fora subsequent message announcing the discomfiture and eight of the two Q UEENS, and the solemn recognition of Don CARLOS by the Cortes as King of SPAIN—ra measure of which Franc e had discovered patriotic motives for signifying her en tire approval. Well, the QUEEN continues on the throne, though beset with the same dangers ; and now the Most Christian KING (for the POPE has at last condescended to restore that title to the Sovereigns of France) has the effrontery to claim the con- sideration not only of a faithful ally, hut of a benefactor ! His language to the Chambers on Monday is too explicit to be mistaken :—" Spain still continues a prey to the same troubles and the same misfortunes. We continue to execute with our allies all the clauses of the treaty of the Quadru. ple Alliance. The Government of the Regent has never ceased to receive from us, not merely those suc- tours which treaties oblige us to, but, moreover, all Me support that the interest of France allows." French sympathy, then, is bounded by French inte- THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1838. rest. LOUIS PHILIPPE has lived sixty years in the world to some purpose, since he can teach a na tion to be at once bountiful to an ally in distress, without incurring any loss on his own part, in cases where men and money are only needed. We will not attempt to specify " those succours" which the RE GENT has received from France within the last year. Were we to do so we should find them of a very left handed description. Of course it must be taken as one of the instances of French sympathy that the Princess of BEIRA WE'S per:nitted to cross the frontier with young CARLOS ; and that arms, ammunition, clothing, and .provisions in abundance, are clandestinately conveyed from France to every town and village in Spain north of the Ebro. For an ally to enrich an enemy whose spoil we may carry off', if we are able, may, in the opinion of French politicians, be only an indirect way of enriching ourselves. All the other questions of Foreign policy are mated of in terms equally vague and inconclusive. The para graph respecting the Hollando-Belgic question satisfies us, however, that all fears of a rupture in that quarter are utterly groundless. The reference, too, to the dif ferences between France and Mexico is more pacific than we were prepared to expect after the recent re infcreement of the blockading squadron in the Gulf. The evacuation of Ancona, and the con solidation of the French power in Africa, are among the common-places of European gossip. We are, however, delighted to learn that France is in ternally in a state of increasing prosperity ; and that whatever be the faults of her rulers, her population steadily advances in the cultivation of those arts which are essential to the happiness of a great nation. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, DECEMBER 17. Fire per Cen U.. lOf 67,C. SOc 70c. Latest Prices-.109f. 90c. Four and a Flaq ner Cents. 1060 tOc. four per Cents., In2f. l'l,ree par Cents.. 70f. 40c. 45c..... ..... Bank Actions, '2,7lrf. A cnte fie Napes, 9:)f. 40c 1.5 c. 30c. Roman Five per Cents., 101— Spanish Actives, 113% 1 4. Belgian Five per Cents., 100%. Belgian Bank, I,tlo 0 1,1 - ‘5O 1,16t , f. 1,15 , 1 Ditto 1,1400 EYCHANCifi. 018 LONL.N.— , e- .owitn, paper.2.lo 27%c.; money,2sf 25e llree months, paper, 25. 15c : rr ,,,,,,, v. 25'. 12%,. Ditto MI Mc. Ditto 2,71 , 1. Ditto 101 Letters and papers from Madrid, of the 10th inst., announce the formation of another Cabinet. We ob- served on Monday that ALAIX's Administration, as then appointed, would not stand another week, and we were right. The following is the new official list, copied from the Gazette : M. Evaristo Perez de Castro (the present Ambassador of Spain in Lisbon), to be President of the Council and Minister for Foreign Affairs. General Alaix, Minister of War. M. Pio Pita Pizarro. Minister of Finance. Hompanera (a Deputy), Minister of the Interior. M. Arrazola (a Deputy), Minister of Justice ; and M. Chacon, Minister of Marine. We have no other news from Spain of any interest. Everything there is stationary for the present. The proceedings in the Chamber of Commerce at Manchester, particularly the speech of Mr. J. B. SMITH, the President of the Manchester Anti-Corn law Association, and still more that part of it which described the decay of our commerce, the falling off in our exports to the North of Europe, by 7,400,0001. since 1832, the decline of our manufactures at Wol verhampton and Birmingham, and the ruin of our stocking-manufacture at Nottingham, seem to have made, as they deserved, a profound impression on the public. The Chronicle seems again resolved to take up the subject of the Corn-laws, and regrets that it cannot to-clay enter upon it. We quote a portion of our Contemporary's remarks : The Corn-laws will, ere long, become a dead letter, by the inability of our manufacturing population to pay high prices. Englishmen are at the head of large establishments in every part of the Continent. According to Mr. Smith, our exports to northern Europe, by far the most populous, civilised, and wealthy portion of the globe, were less by 7,400,0001. in five years after the war. In the cotton, linen, and woollen trades we aro fast becoming merely spanners ; and the export of cotton yarn was merely, be said, on sufferance, as the spin ning was increasing so rapidly both in Europe and America. 'There is a great increase in the exporta tion of bar and pig iron and castings, and coal ; but little increase in Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wol►erbampton goods. It appears, too, that so rapid bas been the progress in Germany of late in many branches of manufacture, that we purchase from that country many articles, as scythes, bolts, coffee-mills, &c., which we formerly exported to it. The subject is of paramount importance. There will soon, we foresee, be a formidable warfare between the Squierarchy and the manufacturers. The sins of past years will, if we mistake not, be severely visited on the present time. The Globe even goes further than the Chronicle, and predicts that if we cannot get progressive improve ment, its sudden terrors being the offspring of the speeches at Manchester, that we shall have a revo lution. We have used similar language for several months, and if we have any feeling at such terms being now employed by our merely Ministerial Con temporaries, it is rather of apprehension than of hope, lest those who prefer faction to the public welfare, and would rather goad the people by suffering, to be mad instruments of change in their hands, should again turn round and stigmatise the Corn-law agitation as a tub thrown to the whale by the Ministers, and as only intended to divert the attention of the people from more needful and practical reforms. Sure we are, in deed, that the question of the Corn-laws must occupy the first place in the discussions of the approaching Session, for it is impossible that our Legislature can see with indifference the decay of trade and the rapid growth of poverty and of crime, which are caused by the Devil's laws. The Herald takes the opportunity of showing, and we believe correctly, that in the year 1689, and sub sequently, the agriculture of England was subjected, by a land-tax of 3s. in the pound, by county-rates and poor-rates, and by landlords being obliged to maintain the population born on their estates, to sun dry disadvantages, from which untaxed machinery and manufacturing capital has been exempt. It is a fact, that the economical policy of our legislation, subse quently to the time of CROMWELL, mainly influenced by the vast prosperity of Holland, was directed to encou- rage trade, navigation, and manufactures. But admitting that the inference we draw from our past policy is different from that of the Herald, on its statements the growth of our manufactures, the increase of our commerce and shipping, are the result of the acts of the Legislature; and the Legislature is unwarranted in now starving the population, and stifling the interests it formerly nourished into existence, under the pretext of giving a reciprocal protection to the landowners. The fact is, that the alternate protection con ferred by the Legislature on the several branches of industry, only alternately injures them all and the agricultural interest, as witness the wage of labour in Wiltshire, and the incendiarism which is rife in the agricultural districts, confirming Mr. FLETCHER'S remarks, at Manchester, which the Herald impugns, is now suffering almost as grievously from the Corn-laws as the Nottingham hosiers or the Manchester Weavers. We observe by the accounts from Scotland, which we h ave received to-day, that i n th e Fif e mar k ets t h e price of wheat last week rose from ls. to 25., and it sold according to its quality, from 70s. to 80s. per quarter. In Scotland, also it is said, that the crop of barley is very short, which will add to our misfortunes. The landowners seem to us truly male volent, and to act directly in the face of nature. They augment the pangs of h unger, and make dearths gene ral, which nature, with a vi ew pro b a b ly to unite foreign nations by the bonds of mutual service, makes only partial. The course of human improvement —the great end and aim of all mechanical inventions—the reason why the merchant and the seaman equally brave the polar ice and the tropical sun, is just to make commodities cheap and in. crease the mass of human subsistence. The ob ject of the- landlords' legislation is to make food scarce and dear, and thus to counteract the continual strivings of all other pains-taking men, and so oppose the course of human improvement. We quite agree with the Globe in its conclusion that if this conduct be not alt!red, if the Corn-laws be not abolished, if the landlords do not cease by legislation to thwart the course of society, a great, a dreadful, and bloody revolution must and will ensue. We cannot quit the subject without adverting to another article in the Chronicle, which will be found amongst our extracts from the Journals. Agreeing with our Contemporary in most of his observations on Lord DURHAM'S answer to Mr. PROUT, and espe cially approving of his Lordship separating himself from those who seek to attain their objects by vio lence, we cannot go along with the Chronicle in in dicating a sensitive abhorrence of discussions at meet ings of the people on the right of property. We would not weaken that right by an expression of alarm ; but it is too much the fashion for our Legisla ture to violate it, as it exists in the people—and the Corn laws are a case of such violation—and then to decry all attempts to remedy a gross injustice as an attack ma vested rights, and particularly the right of property. Such a right is far too well founded for those who understand it to dread the severest and closest examination ; and those who would stifle ob servation on it only imply a consciousness of er ror. We do not wish to see the cant of re ligion introduced into politics, and the opinions of some persons set up as an infallible rule, from which there must be no deviation, and into which there must be no inquiry ; a sort of tabooed or sacred ground on which no unauthorized person must tread. Prove all things, and hold fast by the good, is our motto, and on this principle we are no more adverse from having the right of property exposed to public investigation, than the assumed right of the landlords and of the Legislature to violate it whenever that -en riches themselves or suits their fancied expediency. The annual election of Common Councilmen takes place on Friday next, when the householders will have an opportunity of questioning, admonishing, and pledg ing their representatives. For many years these elec tions have been little better than a farce. Some good members have been returned, but the great majority are men of that stamp who long usurped the Commons' House of Parliament. Speeches have been made against abuses in the Corporation, reforms proposed, Aldermen abused, and Lord Mayors censured, but the result has been the same. The City Government has generally been victorious. There has been the same wasteful expenditure of the public money— jobbing as notorious as any ever practised under Tory misrule, and as thorough apathy to any radical reform, or rooting up of the numerous abuses that still prevail , in almost every public department. For all these the citizens have themselves only to blame. What can any Government do if the people will not bestir themselves ? and had the citizens of London ever such an opportunity of getting rid of heavy taxes, in jurious monopolies, and a corrupt system of corpora tion rule, as at the present moment ? Ministers are ready to bring forward a measure for reforming the Corporation, and all they want is the public voice, and the aid of the parties aggrieved. If St. Thomas's Day passes over as usual, if the same men are re turned without solemn pledges to support Reform, the Court of Aldermen will, next Session, get a Municipal Bill passed, securing all their privileges, all those things called vested rights, and all the power they at present possess in distributing the vast sums levied on the inhabitants. What with corporate pro perty, and rates, and fees, they have under their controul annually half a million sterling. Many of the members have an interest in the coal mo nopoly, which, according to the calculation of Mr. HANNEN and others, raises the price of coals 15 per cent., equal to an annual tax of 800,0001. They have innumerable appointments, and other means of serving friends and favorites of which the public know little and can the inhabitants of London be so blind to their own interests as to leave corporate reform to a body who have such powerful reasons to keep things as they are ? This coal monopoly alone ought to open the eyes of the public. To serve the men of the North and the South, for they have a mutual interest, a duty of 7s. .the ton has been laid on all coals brought by land, and clauses have been smuggled into railway bills for the wicked purpose of keeping up a tax, one half of which would be sufficient, without any Corporation property or any rates at all, to de fray the whole expenses of the Ctty of London. This certainly is a glaring monstrosity in a civilized and intelligent community, but it is a fact, about which there can be no dispute„; yet the inhabitants, complaining of the window tax, the assessed taxes, and others of a trivial nature, sit quietly under this enormous load, imposed upon them by the negligence or the active agency of their City Parliament. We look forward with some curiosity to the proceedings on Friday, and expect, at all events, if the citizens care nothing about their own interests, they will care for the poor, and use their influence to remove a tax which at this season of the year presses so heavily on our half-starved population. The Earl of DURHAM'S reply to the temperate and convincing explanation by the Deputies of the Westminster Reform Society, will be found in anothe r column, and we rejoice to see the frank and candid spirit which characterises his Lordship's letter to Mr. PROUT. The original address of the Society was wholly unobjectionable, but the proceedings of some individuals at the meeting of the Association rendered it difficult for Lord DURHAM to accept the Address, till the explanation of the Deputies had removed the inconsistent observations made by those individuals respecting their own motives and object of using his Lordship. The Noble Earl has now distinctly shown that he will not submit to i nsu l t , nor allow his real sen timents to be misunderstood or misrepresented. Lord DURHAM has drawn a line of demarcation between the real Reformers and the visionary Destructives. The latter class represent no numbers. In truth they are a few self-created leaders, ignorant of the ends of good government, and most of them chiefly influenced by a vain desire for self-importance. Our brother Reformers thoughout the Kingdo m are, however, awake to the designs of these mischievous personS. The result of the correspondence between Lord DUR HAM and Mr. PROUT will tend to defin e the objects of the various sections of Reformers, and to unite them in a common cause for practicable amendments of the representative system. The Westminster So ciety in their address stated to Lord DURHA M the political principles of their Association, via.; 1. Household Suffrage. 2. Triennial Parliaments. 3. Voting by Ballot. Lord DURHAM, in his original acknowledgement of the address, distinctly stated that in those "principles" " I entirely concur." Under such circumstances, of the similar political principles of the addressers and the addressed, we congratulate Reformers on the ami cable and honourable result of the proceedings of the Westminster Reform Society. The Hon. Mr. Fiennes and Mr. Richmond are still at Brighton. THE EARL OF DURHAM'S ANSWER TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DEPUTATION OF THE WESTMINSTER REFORM SOCIETY. Cleveland-row, Dec. 18,1838. Sia—l have to thank you for your courtesy in communi cating to me the " principles and measures advocated by the Westminster Reform Society." I rejoice to receive from you this proof that the insin cere, and, in my opinion, dangerous purposes avowed by some of those who took so prominent a part in the meet ing to which you refer, are not founded on, or justified by the public and recorded declarations of that Association. I can, therefore, have no hesitation, after this explanation, in receiving from you an address emanating from the Society. I ani informed and believe that that Society was insti tuted by honourable and conscientious men, honestly de voted to the cause of Reform, and of the true interests of the in , ustrious classes. Let me, then, take this opportunity of imploring them, at the present political crisis, to use their well-earned in fluence with their fellow-country:nen for the purpose of deprecating all violence and turbulent proceedings. Let me beg that they will draw the line of distinction as broadly as I wish to do for myself, between honest and sincere Reformers, and those who assume the character with other and pernicious designs ; that they will inspire the people with a desire for practical benefits, and not for dangerous theories ; and, above all, that they will boldly repudiate all fellowship and communion with those whose counsels and actions are not only fraught with danger to the peace of society, but to the well-being even of those whose exclusive interests they profess to maintain. Al!ow me, Sir, to thank you perSonally for the very friendly terms in which you have alluded to my public con duct, as I find them recorded in the report of your speech, which you have transmitted to me. Trusting ever to de serve your confidence and good opinion, I have the honour to subscribe myself, Your most obedient servant, DURHAM. T. Prout, Esq., Chairman, &c. &c. My Lord,—As Chairman of the Deputation of the Westminster Reform Society, I have the honour to ac knowledge your Lordship's reply, of the 18th inst., to my letter to your Lordship, of the 17th iust. lam directed by the deputation to enclose to your Lordship the original Address, in the " principles" of which your Lordship, in your letter of the 15th, states that you entirely concur." We have informed your Lordship fully of the princi ples of our Local Political Association, viz., the advocacy of, 1. Householders' Suffrage, 2. Triennial Parliaments, 3. Voting by Ballot ; and we beg to re-assure your Lordship that such are the real objects of our Society, and that we seek only to advance those objects by the force of Public Opinion, and by the support of honest Public Men united with us in the Common Cause. I have the honour to subscribe myself, Your Lordship's most obedient servant, THOMAS PROUT. Westminster, 22.9, Strand, Dec. 19, 1838. To the Right Hon. the Earl of Durham, &c., &c., &c, LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO LORD DURHAM. WASHINGTON, OCT. 26. MY LORD,-1 - living been informed that it is your inten tion to pass through a portion of the United States on your return to England, I embrace the occasion to express to your Lordship the great satisfaction I should experience if your arrangements allowed of your visit being extended to this city. The friendly sentiments entertained by my fel low-citizens towards yourself, and also towards the people of your country, will, I doubt not, prompt a sincere desire on their part to render your sojourn among them agreeable to yourself, as I am sure it will be gratifying to them. For my own part, I will esteem myself happy, if by your pre sence here I shall be afforded the opportunity of manifest ing to your Lordship personally the sincerity with which I share in those sentiments. I am, with very distinguished consideration, Your Lordship's most obedient servant, (Signed) M. VAN BUREN, His Excellency the Earl of Durhtim, &c. -- --- TREATY BETWEEN ENGLAND AND TURKEY. A CORRESPONENT. We understand, ( FROM on good autho r ity, D that ) the merchants of Newcastlo intend to protest against the Treaty lately con cluded with Turkey, as no less a violation of the rights of the merchants of this country, and of the fundamental principles of freedom of commerce, established by the Koran, than mis chievous in its effects, and injurious to the interests and reve nues of the Grand Seignor. On a prima facie view of the Treaty, we confess our ina bility to comprehend the exact value which either Great Britain or the Ottoman Empire have derived from the ser vices of Mr. Poulett Thompson in drawing up this vaunted compact. The sanction given to our oldest ally to violate every pre. existing treaty with England, by substituting a duty of five per cent. on the importation of British manufactures, in lieu of the prit lieges of three per cent., which its own subjects and those of the British empire have from time im memorial enjoyed, appears incomprehensible, except on the hypothesis that the influence of Russia, as dis played in the affair of the Vixen, has again dictated to a sleeping partner in a Russian firm the terms on which England may escape the retribution due for the sym pathy of her people in the struggles of Circassia, and for their awakened distrust of a Power which in time of profound peace and of strict amity with every surrounding State, has been allowed to form an Armada destined to support her possession of Constantinople, by maintaining with the combined navies of the world the sovereignty of the seas. That Russia will hasten to support the Sultan in the false position in which she has contrived to inveigle him, in oppo sition to the interests of his people, and to those sound princi ples of commercial legislation which amidst foreign hostility and internal rebellion have hitherto so wonderfully upheld the fabric of Islam, is no less apparent in the movements of the Russian army, than in the departure from the Dardanelles of the British squadron at that peculiar season of the year, when the constant prevalence of north-easterly gales renders a return to the anchorage of Tenedos within five weeks almost an impossibility. ,OPAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AS SOCIATION OF BIRMINGHAM. 'rom a Second Edition of the Morning Herald.) Birmingham—Tuesday. The fourth anniversary meeting of the Loyal and Consti tutional Association, at Birmingham, took place at the Royal Hotel yesterday morning, W. S. DVODALE, Esq., M. P., North Warwick, iu the chair. The Report having bece read and agreed to, the officers of the Society were elected for the ensuing year. The members of the association, to the number of nearly 500, afterwards celebrated the fourth anniversary of its institution by dining together at the Town Hall, W. S. Dugdale, Esq., M. P. for North Warwickshire, in the chair; and amongst the most distinguished guests were—the Earl of Bradford, Lord Sandon, Lord Teignmouth, Lord Lifford, Sir Eardly Wilmot, Mr. Ellis, Member for Newry, Rev. E gerton Begot, Rev. Noel Grealey, Newdigate, Sneyde Kenners. ley, Mott Wolfenton, and Newton Dickenson, Esq.; Doctor Booth, George Barker, Esq., Rev. H. R. Wooley, R everen d J. W. Downer, Benjamin Spurrell, Samuel Crane, James Pixell, Charles Craven, W. B. Smith, Edwin Kempson, and George Barra, Esqrs. The Earl of Dartmouth, who would otherwise have attended, was prevented from being present by the recent death of his mother. The Earl of Aylesford and Sir Thomas Gooch were also obliged, b y press ing engagements, to forego their intention of assisting at the celebration. The usual loyal toasts having been drank, and the health of the Duke of Wellington and the House of Lords being pro posed, the name of the Duke of Wellington was seized upon as the signal for a universal and most deafening cheer. The Earl of BRADFORD retnrned thanks. He fearlessly as serted that the House of Lords as a body was a body of true patriots, in the real sense of that word, but were very much misunderstood. They had for some years past, under great difficulties, endeavonred to steer a steady course conscientiously but firmly, and to hand down to our posterity that glorious constitution which had been transmitted to us from our ances tors. Supported as he was co nvince d they were by an immense majority of the serious, the sober-minded, and the religious of the country, he confidently trusted that the House of Lords would be enabled to do much good, or at least to avert much evil, and he hoped to preserve the constitution from the attacks of its enemies. The health of Sir R. Peel and the Conservative Members of the House of Commons was proposed by Sir John Cave._. (Drunk with enthusiastic cheers,) The healths of Earl Howe, the President of the Association for the present year---of the P res id ent Elect, and prosperity to the Loyal and Canstitutional Association—of the Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese—of the Earl of Dartmouth, the Earl of Bradford, and the other Vice-Presidents of the Association, and of the Chairman of the Dinner, were drunk with applause, and acknowiedged in appropriate terms. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of their worthy guest on his left hand—a statesman who had had the manli ness to leave his party when he saw that they were making ex- periments which were likeiy to overthrow the it*li!utiois o f the country. Sir F. BretnETT was received with much enthusiasm, and referred, in his usual forcible language, to the etfews of O'Connell and the Precursors, giving incidentally a due metal of praise to his former constituents, the electors of Wesimin ster. He alluded to the differences which had arisen between O'Connell and the Whigs, likening th former to " Fegin," in tie popular novel of the present day. The assembly did not break up till near twelve o'clock. Had it not been for the delay in the arrival of the mail train, we should have been able to have given a full report of the proceedings of this meeting. The train, which ought to have arrived at Euston-squate this morning at half-past five o'clock, did not reach its destination till half-past seven, full two hours after the appointed time. During this period the passengers had been kept waiting, in the earriTes near Wolverton ; the engine which had been attached at Birmingham, which was put on for the first time, was found not to answer. The con sequence was, that it took its departure for the next stition, and after the interval we have mentioned, was replaced by another. Surely these accidents ought least of all to occur in trains carrying the mail, where expedition is an object of so much importance. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. There are this week moderate arrivals of both Grain and Flour. 'I he Wheat trade is fu mat Mond.ty's prices, and in some instances rather more has been obtained for fine. Bar ley, Beans and Peas have experienced no change since Mon day. Oats continue in good demand, and their rotes are well supported. Flour continues as last reported. ARRIVALS W heat, 2,900 vs 5 ; 110 qrs 6,40 Ellglish Ir;Eh Foreign Omt,. 1,460 , 17, .1050 :;9:7,0 2,531 brls, NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Meat of all kinds was in very good supply, especially Beet, which was of very fine quality. The demlud was good, and prices are looking upwards. Beef, 3s. to 4s. 4d. and ss. ; Mutton, 2a. 10d. to 4s. 4d ; Veal, 33. 10d. to ss. ; Pork, 3s. 10d. to ss. ; Irish, 3s. to 3s. Bd. G,nae and Poultry in large supply, and trade fair; prices ale looking up. For each the quotations were, Turkeys, 63. to 305., and the extreme, 100 s. for the prize Turkeys ; Geese, 53. to 7s. 6d. ; Leverets, Is. 6d to 3s. 6d. ; Pheasants, as. to 4s. ; Grouse, 25.6 d. to 3.5. ; Woodcocks, 3s. to ss. 6d. ; Black Game, 3s. to 3s. 6d. ; Capons, 4s. to 7s. 6d. ; Fowls, 2s. 6d. to 53. 6d. ; Eggs, 9s to I Is. 6d. per 120. In the Billingsgate, Hop, Tallow, Dye, and Spirit markets, trade_is steady, at previous rates: COLONIAL MARKETS. To-day we had public sales of 1,000 bags Ceylon and 336 bales Mocha Coffee, partly sold. 600 bags Mauritius Sugar, and a parcel of Bergal Ging,r, all at previous rates. B. P. Sugar continues to go off at ti , e !ideal of yesterday. The Stock of B. P. Sugar is 30,304 hl.ds. and trs., and 1,639 brls. Bengal, 7,958 bags ; Manilla, 68,765 begs ; Mauritius, 56,962 bags; Coffee, B. P., 4 299 cks. and 4,668 brls. and bags ; Ceylon, 12,196 bags ; Mocha, 3,008 bales ; Brazil, 38,598 bags ; and S•. Domingo, 14,324 bags. FIFE MARKETS, during the Week ending Dec. 15, 1838. At St. Andrews Sample Market, held on Tuesday this week (in consequence of it being a quarterly fair da ), we had a large attendance of Farmers. but not much Grain offering of any kind. The demand was exceedingly brisk, at an advance of from Is. to 2s. per quarter. Wheats, 70s. to 80s. per quarter. Barleys, 355. to 40s. Oats, 28s. to 325. At Newburgh Stock Market, on Tuesday, a very trifling quantity of Barley was brought forward, sales quick at im proving rates. Top price, 40s. ; current, 375. ; inferior, 355. 6d. per quarter. At Cupar Sample Market, on Thursday, we have still to re port short supplies of all kinds of Grain. Wheat and Barley full Is. per quarter dearer. Oats much the same as on last market day. Wheat, 645. to 82s. per quarter. Barley, 355. to 393. 6d. Oats, 295. 6d. to 325. At Kirkcaldy Stock Market, on Saturday, the supply of Wheat and Barley was limited, but that of Oats large. The two former may be quoted 6d. to Is. per quarter dearer ; Oats were purchased at about 6d. per quarter less money. Wheat, 665. to 865.. Barley, 335. to 425. Oats, 275. to 345. Oat meal, per bag of 280;b5., 475. Barley is a miserable crop in this country, some 3 to 4} bolls per acre generally. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY (THIS DAY), TWELVE O'CL OCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, DEC. 18.—The demand for Cotton to-day has been to a fair extent, and full prices have been obtained. The sales reached 4,000 bags, chiefly American. We have a great scarcity of arrivals this morning. The only one of importance is the express from Paris, with the Speech of the King of the French, which is generally looked upon as a milk and water document. The paragraph alluding to the Quadruple Treaty and the Queen of Spain is scouted at in the City, as it is well known to be false from beginning to end. It speaks of the independence of Belgium and peace in Europe. This remains to be seen as yet. The Speech dwells chiefly in boasting of the great prosperity of France. This document has greatly disappointed both the speculators and the public, who in general anticipated that it would say something of a more decisive nature respecting the Belgian affairs ; in consequence of which the British Funds continue this morning without any fluctuation at the leaving off prices of yesterday, and without the least spirit in the Market. ( From the French Papers, received this morning.) It is assured that the Commandant of the Fortress of Maestricht has given orders to provision that fortress, and in formation has been received there of the approaching occupa tion of Venloo, Ruremende, and Wiert, by the Pc ussians ; but to the present time the Prussian army has not made any move ment or hostile demonstration. The greatest tranquillity con tinues on the frontier. They write from Brussels, of the 16th December :—" For several days past, it has been in agitation to send to Paris two Members, to defend the interest of Belgium, in the particular conferences of the Chamber of Deputies. The Members are Count Ansembourg, Member of the Senate, for the Province of Limberg, and Metz, Member of the Chamber of the Repre sentatives for the Province of Luxembourg. MM Ansembourg and Metz, on Friday last, had a particular audience of the King, and will set off to-morrow morning." Consols opened at the leaving off prices of yesterday, 931- i for thelAccount, Reduced 924 f ; Exchequer Bills, 62 64; Bank Stock, 2023; India Bonds, 63 65; India Stock, 262263. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Aceives closed at lq- j, and opened rather lower, 161 1, owing to their coming lower from Paris ; Brazilian 77i 8 ; Portuguese, 29i ; Three per Cents., 12 ; Mexican, 22 3 ; Colombian, 22 6 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 544 i- ; Fiver per Cents., 100 a i. The Foreign Exchanges had rather a downward appearance yesterday. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Peruvian Bonds — Belgian Bonds Ditto Account — Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds Otto Account Columbian Bonds ' Ditto Account — Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 1E324 — ! Spanish Bonds Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account , Ditto Account. Greek Bonds French, 5 per cent. —C —c. Ditto Bonds, 1825 -- 4 per cent. Ditto Account - 3 per cent. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent.... _ , —__. Exchange. —f. —c. Ditto Account ' Dutch, 254 per cent. Ditto, 6 per Cent Ditto Account • 54; zie Ditto Account Neapolitan — I Ditto Acc0unt................. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Great Western Railway Company.,.. Landon and Croydon Railway Corap N• rth Midland Railway Company Bahia Steam British North American Bank .. COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam C.F. 12 4 Ditto, at sight R atterdam 2U. 12 454 Antwerp... Hamburg. A1t0na..... Paris, 3 days' sight 25 50 Ditto... 3 Ms 25 79 Marseilles Bourdeaux Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M 1511 A Petersbut gh, ruble .3 Us. 10% Berlin Vienna, effective ft . M lO 8 fritste ditto lO 10 Madrid 36 Cadiz.. 36% Bilboa .... Barcelona ~,,6 I .._ Paid. 65 any 2O Per Share. 75% 6 16 55 85 7 . 6 Mi 25 271 4 LNGE YESTERDAY. Gibraltar 4B Leghorn 111;,‘ Genoa 25 80 Milan 'il Venice J6 Naples 39% Palermo-. per oz llB Lisbon ..... 53% Oporto 53 Rio Janeiro 26 Bahia 27 Buenos Ayres .............. „ -- New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia 46 PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ. Portugal Gold, coin ...i0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 10% New Doubloons New Dollars ... ........ _ ,Silver„ bars. stand a rd 0 5 0 HALF-PAST ONE. To the present time the British Market continues inactive, and the only feature worth notice is the Government broker having purchased about 8,000 reduced, at 92k. Not the least impression has been made on Consols during the morning by the French Speech ; and Consols may be quoted as in the early part of the morning, at 931 i for the Account ; Ex chequer Bills 62 64; India Bonds 62 63; Bank Stock 202} 203. In the Foreign Market there is the same apathy as in the British. Spanish Active 164 k ; 'Portuguese 29f ; Three per Cents. 19f ; Belgian 99 100; Brazilian 77 78 ; Mexican 22k 23; Colombian 252 1 ,- 26; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, 544 k. The arrival of the President's Speech is hourly expected. THE FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock lrdia Stock 3 per Cent. R e d 92 % D itto Bonds 63 3 per Cent. Ccus Ditto Old Annuities — 3% per Cent Ditto New Annuities :1% per Cent. Red lON Ex. Bills, 1,0001 2%d 64 pm. New 3% per Cent 101% Ditto 50‘./ fit. pm. Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5OO/ 64 pm. Jan. 1861 Oct. 1850 93 3 / 4 Jan. 1860 Seville 56 FOREIGT4FiTi4DS Austrian, 5 per cent - Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent.. Belgian, 5 per cent. ' — Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian Bonds 774 Prussian, 5 per cent _ Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Russian Bonds, 5 per cent _ Chilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic.. — Colomb..an, 6 per cent — Spanish, 5 per cent 164 Ditto, 1R24 2544 Ditto, Consolidated ................ Danish, 3 per cent 75% French, 5 per cent —ll —c. Greek Bonds, 1825, 5 per cent. Ewhange —4' .....e. Mexican, 5 per cent. — French, 3 per cent Ditto, 6 per cent., 1825 22% Dutch, 2% per cent...,.,.,,,, , A ,• Peruvian, 1825,6 per cent _ Ditto, 5 per cent. .. .... "al .. ........... 1004 (CLOSING PRICE OF SHARES.—(THIS DAY ) •, Eastern Counties Railway Great Western Railway---- -• 76 London and Blackwall Railway .................. 6% London and croydon Railway 16 Lo..don and Croydon Railway (New Scrip) .., .. 1 ., ....... .• .... Manchester and Birmingham Railway Ditto Ditto Extension North Midland Railway.. ... 55 irJEEN THI - DAY.) ( B-far Lord Detan.in and a Special Jury.) LIBEL—THE QUEEN v. LAWSON. The court w is extrenieh cronded this mornina, and the Pr° . ceeding,s in this Case appeared to excite much interest. Mr. WIGHTMAN op, ned the pleadings. 'This was an n 3 ,: i dictment against Joh n J ose ph Lawson, the p r inter a n publish er o f th e Ti mes Newspaper, for a libel upoa Sir J°lln Conroy, published in that paper of the 9th March last. Mr. THESSIGER stated the case. Gentlemen of the PITY"' This is a prasecutiosi against the defendant, who is the Pri n : ter and publi s h er o f th e Ti mes N ewspaper, f or a libel P ay . fished in that p a p er o f t h e 9t h o f M arch l ast, aga i n st Sir .0 Conroy. Gentle men —y au aie probably a war e that Sir Job Conroy for many yearsheld a highly confidential appointraven in the establishment, fi rs t o f hi s Royal Highness the Du.e ; and afterwards of the Duchess of Kent. Sir John Conroy 'c a t bred in the army, and passed from a military emplar ne i n into the household of his R o y a l Hi g h ness, an d I t hink Geni l ; men, I may fearlessly say, that h o b roug h t w ith him te the administration of the important affairs with whic h - 0 was entrusted, those principles w hi c h I re h a d acquired in the school of honour in which he was educated. He serl r e for many years with fidelity and inte gr ity, an d so as to s ecure to himself the entire and unqualifi e d a pp ro b a ti o n of his s at periors. periors. Gentlemen, it is quite in th e n ,t ure o f things t io t from the position Sir J. Conroy w as pl ace d in, and pa t trust and confidence lie enjoyed, he sho u ld excite a g i : -- o f number of enemies; and those enemies resorted to one the most formidable engines of annoyance—the public Prr' e f For many years Sir J. Conroy found hi mse lf the Ace co severe censure and malicious inuendos, but the attacks O w him were of so vague and general a character, as te gil l perfectly harmless. lam quite sure, Gentlemen, r ti or agree with me, that any person who values his own has any confidence in his own character, will feel hire ay bound to disregard any general censures which the press in think proper to bestow upon him, and which he may Or d . if he happens to be placed in a situation of trust and bo n e - s ; If disregarded, they pass away and are ferg ° l s y. and the slander of yesterday is effaced by the slander of tn - But, Gentlemen, the case is widely different where a spec quiet,sof i fiC charge is brought against an individual —that charge in v°- s ri dishonour. He has no power then to say, I will disreg no , it—my character is far above it—l shall treat it with e ; tempt." Gentlemen, the public is too apt to believe th e c i c e ir circulated against ourselves, and persons who think that t t i o s nature is strong enough to resist charges of this descriP will find that what they consider the security of innocenec'er, interpreted into the confession of guilt. Gentlemen, a f ist s son, therefore, who has a charge of this description, se c hi s the charge against Sir J. Conroy, brought against hi m ! oo rt no alternative ; he is compelled either t o co me into a 1 0. of Justice or submit to the serious imputation cast upon P os t Gentlemen, that the libel in question is of th e character-a it. described, you will have no doubt when you have heartho It is published in the Times newspaper of the 9th of .`" last, and runs in these words : O f The British pub!lc, we believe, was aware of th e demands °f ; taro newly-created Baronet attached to the household of the Duc"" e o f Kent whom her Royal Highness's daughter ascen d e d the thr oe these realms—" a red riband" (to be sure one little thought ho vr on !' thcoration wxild be afterwards bestowed), " a p e er a ge! a 1 0°1 00 We wish he had had the red riband promised hint : it would bays as much honoured by his wearing it as by its present possessor. sop We believe the chief merits of the person who made these de were his respeclful conduct to the estimable Monarch then iu'itiftti°. and the happy state in which the pecuniary concerns of the a• - . L ou no lady whom he served were found under his management. Th e _:: F OP of this latter obligation of the nation to him, it is perhaps haru'iosts sibte to compute : it may be thought to be in hard cash Onto, 0 about 60,000/. ; and the large annuity of 30,000/. was granted nrider,tanding that a gradual liquidation of th e 80 , 000/. should ' O l tor take place. Happy be the end of the affai r ! we say; but s , t iC• which has corns to our knowledge may throw some doubt w on its cess. We learn that the Baronet of whom w e are speaking,' „ been so happy in conciliating the respect of the l a te King ,Of P" g o rdl is desirous of exercising the same amiable and modest qualities W t of the King of Sweden, and to be sent to that C our t in the cha rs ? e o ed Ambassador ! And we have been told that the Premier WO d h lbe o to acquiesce, for the purpose of getting rid of him ; butth • 0 of personage did not approve of such a representative of the Cr °ll England. to I' S Should he quit his present position, we ask where are talen7iquicis' found capable of applying a due portion of the 30,0001. to the lig o u 'De tion of the 80,0001., and who can so well understand wiping °ff who has calked on. es tat e There is another matter also worth notice. There is a cert al in Wales, purchased and paid for not long ago. If any Publi c : e ac eis . should take place whence the money for the payment came, who petent to answer the question as the Baronet ? 00 0 Having read the article you will see that it conveys J a coo serious imputation on the honour and integrity of Sir • f her roy. If it had merely referred to the embarrassments of Royal Highness's affairs, that might perhaps have been P su ch without notice, because it might be attributed, if off, but existed, to a want of care or management—to any thing o a want of integrity on the part of Sir J. Conroy; but whe n a n d find that this subject is introduced merely to give Pe i ,-. 11 r oof sting to that which follows—to insinuate that Sir J. t' a i ,„es was guilty of a dereliction of duty, and had taken ao‘ A, to of the situation of trust and confidence that he enjoY e " t he divert from their proper purpose, for his own advantage, j o t funds belonging to her Royal Highness, what pe ss o i r i course had he to adopt, but to challenge u t i l e ? into the matter, and to meet hi s accuser f ace to ,7„ e - se, He owed it to himself—he owed it to h er R oya l Higu - , - e tt whose name has been so improperly and unnecessarily drogob e into this discussion—he owed it to the public, who rne s cea interested in learning whether the funds which they had Woo for the support of her Royal Highness's di gn ity, were or upon not misapplied to any other purpose. Acting therefore ~0 0, the feelings paramount with every man of honour, Sir J. ' c o. roy instantly applied to the Court of King's Bench fora tha t minal information. You are perhaps aware, Gentle/ 11 10h any person making such an application is compelled uPesooo - deny the truth of the material poi n t s o f the a fo' tained in the libel. Sir J. Conroy therefore made tr;l av its• davit, and applied to the Court on that and other afh"„, at le, The person against whom such an application is. io is at liberty to deny the truth of the statements contat", s l5O the affidavits of the party making the application, and the at liberty to show other circumstances connected wit" ' a i t ioo quiry, which would render the party unfit for the interP ° O rtir of the Court. G en tl emen , th e d e f en d ant h a d that erP ore nity ; with what su ccess h e h as ava il e d hi mse lf c f it, l e i for sent proceedings will sh o w. Th e C ourt gr anted the rt i l ro eor the criminal information on i nvest i gat i on of all the stances ; and we are here now b e f ore y ou mer ely in this ofa' tion, to ascertain whether the matter charged upon te;egaots mation is or is not a libel, and whether it refers to an d . th e is Ol e upon the character of Si r J. C onroy . G ent l e men, t' co cete e only course which is required or even permitted to the Pre - wa it! on the present occasion. The d e f en d ant h as h a d an opP et ai igbt on a previous occasion of bringing forward all that he Aiag s ; deem necessary to prevent th e i nst i tu ti on o f t h ese proce e "bord and Sir John Conroy is of the opinion which I hale pers ee my Lord express on a former occas i on , th at " lv,her!„ -- s6O pre' engages in the perilous trade o f lib e ll er h e ought w h , gat e ; pared at once, and at the ear li es t moment , to j u stify t- -- . 10 1, ments he has ventured t o ma k e ." G ent l emen of the„•tiou is throw out these rema r ks i n or d er to j ust ify the Pv -- i as.' which we now stand. You have nothing to do with the so ot ters contained in the libel, except to decide whether t he l o peor e arc not libellous; and I trust my Learned Friend, wh e ." a r s iatla A . for the defendant, will not attempt, by anY,,. so" tions which he may here think proper to 'lnur e ' pro' which it is wholly out of the power of tr. d secutor to answer, to endeavour still, in his 'T i ed h e piring effort, to leave an envenomed sting in the ose - sao ad has inflicted. Gentlemen, I shall proceed with this e aos be t ; in every other of a similar nature. I shall call witn es ' a it co" fore you to prove the publication of the libel, an d v i i sh 1 1 1 yon persons acquainted with Sir John Conro, who t t e o that they entertain no doubt that the y libel r efers - and having di sc h arge d my d uty on these po ints, Y a e a u con' have nothing to d o b u t t o cons id er t h ese facts, 30(1 Y f n ioa is not hesitat e , a ft er t h e express i on o f t h e hi g hest oP• fer o ne this Court whi c h h as b een pronounced—you cann ot moment entertain any question that this is a lib el uPOO John Conroy. sip Wm. Shakespeare, examined by Mr. WzawrolAllbtaieed clerk to the solicitors for the prosecution. I ha ve ° l 3f i t he from the Stamp office a copy of the affidavit made_ o rs, defendant and others. It is certified by one of the ; re ed. C. P. Rushout. [The affidavit was then put in an f No. 1 ' It stated that the defendant, John Joseph Lawson' °Publisher Earl-street, Blackfriars, was the printer and _bousr of the Times newspaper, published at Printing' so t square, in the city of London ; that Anna . 13 , of th e Walter Wilson, of the city of Bath, were """ was di proprietors of the sa'd Paper • that the Pr°Perty into sixteen shares, of which two shares r perty of Anna Brodie, one share belonged to Wa -te pre and the two The affidavit was signed by the defendant , prietors named therein.] were the pro vided of t he Examination resumed—l hold in my hand a cop at t he Times new s p a p er o f t h e 9 t h M arc h. I purchase d office in Printing House-square. o a ro Cross-examined by the A TTORNEY- G ENEILtIF-- su know Sir John Conroy ?—I do. Is he in Court ?—I am not aware that he is. coini ng When did you see him last ?—Just previously to 0! into Court. outsi de " ere did you sec him ?—ln the Guildhall -yard This very morning ?—Yes. I sh ould Then be is not confined to his house by illness ?-- say not. He is in good health ?—I believe he is. 81 58 ' [The alleged libel from the Times of the 9th Marc h ' was then put in and read by the officer of the Court.] Mr. Sergeant Mireho use , the Common S er g eant, mined by Mr. THRSIGER—I have long known Sir J. , c aro the He is attached t o t h e h ouse h o ld o f her Royal HIP" ss Dueness of Di Kent Roya l d he hold the office of Private Secretary to her Highness ?—He did. e a rs Do you know whether Sir John Conroy, many yen ._ d L eo purchased any property in Wales 7-1 do. I negociate purchase of the property for him. How long is that ago ?—ln the year 1824. , whic h ape. Have you seen the article in the Times Newsp has just been read ?—I have. I t doe' In your opinion, does it refer to Sir John Conroy 11 Cross-examined by the ATTORNEY- GENERAL .-- seen Sir John Conroy lately ?—I have seen him this r lor l Y el6e Where ?—ln the neighbourhood of the Court, ready if you want him. The Hon. Edmund Blng, examined by Mr. WI 61 ! 0 01 Are you acquainted with Sir John Conroy ?—Yes, for years. of a per Have you read the parr graph in the Times re ws P the 9th of March last ?—I - have. In your opinion is Sir John Conroy the person —Most decidedly be is.